Flue gas desulfurization

Flue gas desulfurization
  Equipment used to remove sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of a boiler plant before discharge to the atmosphere. Also referred to as scrubbers. Chemicals such as lime are used as scrubbing media.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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